Third suspect taken into custody in connection with violent cross-state crime spree

State police say two men and a woman held a man at gunpoint and demanded money. Then, they kicked him, punched him and beat him with a baseball bat and gun.

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Updated: 6:18 PM EDT Jul 3, 2017

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WEBVTT ANDREW: KELLY BRENNAN HAS OURFIRST LOOK AT THE LAST SUSPECT.REPORTER: THIS THIRD SUSPECT ISSOMEONE WHO POLICE SAY KNEW THEVICTIMS WHO WERE VICIOUSLYATTACKED.THEY SAY HE USED TO WORK FOR ONEOF THE VICTIMS.THEY BELIEVE THIS SUSPECT, ALONGWITH TWO OTHERS, HELPED TO PLANAND EXECUTE A HORRIFIC CRIME ANDTHEY BELIEVE THAT THE COUPLE WHOWAS INVOLVED IN THIS WAS HIGH ONMETH AT THE TIME.STATE POLICE IN LAWRENCE COUNTYHAVE 45-YEAR-OLD DONALD MCCLAININ CUSTODY.SOURCES SAY MCCLAIN WAS HIDINGIN A HOME IN ELLWOOD CITY ANDTIPS ON HIS WHERE ABOUTS CAME INAFTER STATE POLICE HELD A NEWSCONFERENCE TODAY.MCCLAIN IS ACCUSED OF HELPINGANOTHER COUPLE CARRY OUT ABURGLARY AND HORRIFIC ATTACK ONA 60-YEAR-OLD MAN AND HIS84-YEAR-OLD FATHER-IN-LAW INLAWRENCE COUNTY ON SATURDAY.POLICE SAY 38-YEAR-OLD BRANDYROMBOLD AND TYLER AMOS WERE ON ACRIME SPREE THAT INCLUDED 12BURGLARIES.THE COUPLE WAS ARRESTED IN OHIOAND HAS SINCE BEEN BROUGHT BACKTO PENNSYLVANIA.NOW ALONG WITH MCCLAIN, ALLTHREE SUSPECTS UNDER THELAWRENCE COUNTY PRISON, EACH ON

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Third suspect taken into custody in connection with violent cross-state crime spree

State police say two men and a woman held a man at gunpoint and demanded money. Then, they kicked him, punched him and beat him with a baseball bat and gun.

A cross-state crime spree ends in two arrests. During the spree, a local businessman was beaten and robbed at gunpoint. He feared for his life before crawling to help. Around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, 60-year-old Jeff Cable stopped by his business in Perry Township in Lawrence County. An open door on his shed caught his attention. As he checked it out, gunshots flew in his direction. State police say two men and a woman held him at gunpoint and demanded money. Then, they kicked him, punched him and beat him with a baseball bat and gun. Out of the blue, Cable's 85-year-old father-in-law showed up to feed the cats. The woman pointed a gun at him, and the three suspects allegedly beat and robbed him too."My husband started screaming," said Rebecca Stewart. "Get up here as fast as you can. It is Jeff."Cable escaped and hid in a ditch for at least 30 minutes before crawling through the woods to Rebecca Stewart's home."He started telling us that a couple kids were up there, and they beat him up," said Stewart. "They beat his father-in-law up."Police arrested two of the three suspects in Ohio and identified the two as 25-year-old Tyler Amos and 38-year-old Brandy Rombold.Investigators say they found Cable's vehicle destroyed after being burned in a nearby field. According to the police report, that wasn't the only vehicle the suspects stole. They also stole a 1999 green Ford Expedition from a body shop in Ellwood City, a 2016 white Toyota Highlander and guns from Hummingbird Hill in in Cranberry and a motorcycle from an unknown location.This crime spree spanned two states, at least four counties and more than five communities. Amos and Rombold face more than 35 charges ranging from robbery to simple assault to attempted homicide.Sources told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Donald McClain (pictured below) was taken into custody Monday. McClain was the third suspect wanted in connection with the crime spree.

PERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

A cross-state crime spree ends in two arrests. During the spree, a local businessman was beaten and robbed at gunpoint. He feared for his life before crawling to help.

Around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, 60-year-old Jeff Cable stopped by his business in Perry Township in Lawrence County. An open door on his shed caught his attention. As he checked it out, gunshots flew in his direction. State police say two men and a woman held him at gunpoint and demanded money. Then, they kicked him, punched him and beat him with a baseball bat and gun. Out of the blue, Cable's 85-year-old father-in-law showed up to feed the cats. The woman pointed a gun at him, and the three suspects allegedly beat and robbed him too.

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"My husband started screaming," said Rebecca Stewart. "Get up here as fast as you can. It is Jeff."

Cable escaped and hid in a ditch for at least 30 minutes before crawling through the woods to Rebecca Stewart's home.

"He started telling us that a couple kids were up there, and they beat him up," said Stewart. "They beat his father-in-law up."

Police arrested two of the three suspects in Ohio and identified the two as 25-year-old Tyler Amos and 38-year-old Brandy Rombold.

Investigators say they found Cable's vehicle destroyed after being burned in a nearby field. According to the police report, that wasn't the only vehicle the suspects stole. They also stole a 1999 green Ford Expedition from a body shop in Ellwood City, a 2016 white Toyota Highlander and guns from Hummingbird Hill in in Cranberry and a motorcycle from an unknown location.

This crime spree spanned two states, at least four counties and more than five communities. Amos and Rombold face more than 35 charges ranging from robbery to simple assault to attempted homicide.

Sources told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Donald McClain (pictured below) was taken into custody Monday. McClain was the third suspect wanted in connection with the crime spree.